About WebCALIS

WebCALIS is an experimental Java version of WinCALIS for PC, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. It supports
about 60% of
the features of WinCALIS, but also includes some features which WinCALIS does not:

full support for the HTTP protocol of the World Wide Web, without requiring any local client
other than the Sun Java Runtime (JRE) (WinCALIS 2.5 allows downloading and running
exercises from the Internet, but requires the WinCALIS local client to be installed);

Fonts

Java Security

You may, if you wish, use WebCALIS to run exercises from any Web server
in the world, including your own, not just the one it was launched from. Similarly, you may
wish to access WebCALIS tutorials on a different website; use the clipboard with WebCALIS; save
records or screens to your local drive; print to your printer; etc. However, to do this, you need to tell your
computer that you grant the WebCALIS Java applet permission to do that. For information on how
to do this, see our Java Security page.

WebCALIS Versions

NOTE: When you click on one of the links below, you will start to launch a little Java
applet. No big deal, but if you launch the wrong one, you would do best to exit your browser
before trying another one (do this whenever you wish to launch a different version after
having already launched one), so read first, then click!

For the Chinese IME, download the jar file "zh_tonepy.jar" and put it in your local Java JRE /lib/ext folder. The Chinese IME as well as other "system" IME's, will then appear under the item "Select Input Method" under the WebCALIS control menu in the upper left corner of the WebCALIS window (coffee cup icon).

WebCALIS version 1.40 (updated March 25, 2002) Requires JRE 1.2/JDK 1.2 or newer
to be installed locally (and works best with the current v.1.4). Works in Netscape 6.x in MS Windows,
Linux, and Solaris, if Java option was installed. Will not work in Netscape 4.x or Internet
Explorer without Java plug-in. See above for new v.1.40 features.

Newest WebCALIS version 1.39 (updated November 2001) Requires JRE 1.2/JDK1.2 or newer
to be installed locally. Works in Netscape 6 in MS Windows, Linux, and Solaris, if Java option was installed. Will not work in Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 5 without Java plug-in.
See above for new v.1.39 features.

WebCALIS version 1.38 (updated March 2001) Requires JRE 1.2/JDK1.2 or newer
to be installed locally. Works in Netscape 6 in MS Windows, if Java option was installed. Will not work in Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 5 without Java plug-in.
See above for new v.1.38 features.

WebCALIS version 1.37 (updated January 2001) Requires JRE 1.2/JDK1.2 or newer
to be installed locally. Works in Netscape 6 in MS Windows, if Java option was installed. Will not work in Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 5 without Java plug-in.
See above for new v.1.37 features.

WebCALIS version 1.36 (April 2000) Requires JRE 1.2/JDK1.2
to be installed locally. Works in Netscape 6 in MS Windows. Will not work in Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 5 without Java plug-in.
See above for features.

Older WebCALIS version 1.34 (June 1998), WITH "swingall.jar"
(1.9MB)
Includes support for CALIScript wildcards, JDK 1.1 internationalization with Unicode UCS-2, HTML tutorial windows,
and other enhancements.
Note that this may be slower than the choice directly below, since it downloads the 1.9MB swingall.jar file every
time you launch WebCALIS. First-timers or one-timers: choose this one.

Older WebCALIS version 1.34 (June 1998)
Works with most browsers. Includes support for CALIScript wildcards, JDK 1.1 internationalization with Unicode UCS-2, HTML tutorial windows,
and other enhancements.
This version of WebCALIS v.1.34 requires the JFC/Swingset library file "swingall.jar" (1.9MB) You can
get it here. Or, as an easy introduction to
WebCALIS, you can run WebCALIS v. 1.34 from the link above, which will download the "swingall.jar" for
you. NOTE: Since this version requires support for the Java Development Kit 1.1 and Sun's Java Foundation Classes
("Swing"), it will only run as an applet with browsers which support these. Currently this includes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or above, with the JDK
1.1 patch installed. With Netscape and the Bitstream Cyberbit Unicode font (Windows platform) installed, you
can now display most of the world's character sets within WebCALIS windows. Note that only the "Preview"
version of Netscape 4.05 has the necessary Java support.

Much older WebCALIS Version: 1.29 (May 1998)
Includes support for CALIScript wildcards, JDK 1.1 internationalization with Unicode UCS-2, including the full
Unicode character set within the student Answer Box NOTE: Since this version uses the Java Development Kit 1.1, it will run as an applet
with browsers which support it. Currently this includes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or above, with the latest (11/26/97) JDK
1.1 patch installed. With Netscape and the Bitstream Cyberbit Unicode font (Windows platform) installed, you
can now display most of the world's character sets within WebCALIS windows. Note that only the "Preview"
version of Netscape 4.05 has the necessary Java support.

Much older WebCALIS version: 1.28 (December 1997)
Includes support for CALIScript wildcards, JDK 1.1 internationalization with Unicode UCS-2 in WebCALIS windows,
buit not in Answer Box. NOTE: Since this version requires support for the Java Development Kit 1.1, it will only run as an applet
with browsers which support JDK 1.1. Currently this includes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or above, with the latest (11/26/97) JDK
1.1 patch installed. With Netscape and Arial Unicode MS or Bitstream Cyberbit Unicode font (Windows platform)
installed, you can now display most of the world's character sets within WebCALIS windows.

The font.properties file assumes that you have a Unicode-compliant font already installed in your operating system, which contains the glyphs to display the language you are interested in. The most comprehensive font currently published is
Microsoft's "Arial Unicode MS". This font is included with all versions of the Microsoft
Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) CD.
For more general Unicode font information, see also the Unicode Consortium fonts page.